Car-seat.



No. 725,996. 7 PATBNTED APR. 21, 1903.

, :J. B. SIEGEL.

v CAR SEAT. APPLIUATIQK FILED FEB 25, 1902. I NO MODEL. 7 K 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1. I

' WITNESSE 4 I I INVENTOR WW I 1 Z I M PATBNTED APR; 21,1903 J. B. SIBGBL.

CAR SEAT. APPLICATION rILnn FEB. 25. 1902;

Nb MODEL.

/v VENTOH Q 7 ATTORNEY- UNITED STAT -s T PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. sworn-or CORONA, new ORK.

"cA rsEfAT- PEGIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 725,996, dated April 21, 1903.

Application filed February 25.1962. Serial Noeaeos. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

at Corona, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and use ful Improvement in Car-Seats, of which thefollowing description-and claims constitute, the specification and which is illustrated by the accompanying sheets of drawings.

My invention relates to car-seats, and is de-; signed to provide a very simple construction not liable to get out of order andada'pted to allow the shifting of the backfroin one side to the other of the seat and in the shifting action to move the seat so as to tilt it slightly from front to rear. J

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows an end elevation of a complete seat and back with the supporting-frame. Fig. 2jis a. like View with the end plate removed-andwith the back in reversed position. Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 show details of construction. I

Screws 12 support the foot-rests. 13, while 14 is a tube extending longitudinally across the car-seat'under the seat-framejfixediniits position, attached to the wall-endicasting preferably by screwing into the threaded hole 15, and at the other end to the aisleend plate by a bolt 26. The two levers 2, which sup port the seat-back, oscillate on this tube at its two extremities between the,;end plates and the seat frame as a pivot. A distance only equal to the thickness of the lever 2 intervenes between the end plates and'the ends of theseat-frame. At 16 is shown .a portion. of the lower surface of the seat-frame toward the front tilted up, as is its-position when the seat-back is at rest on the opposite edge. Rocker-plates 8 supportthe seat-frame and in turn are supported upon the end frames, as indicated at 19, Figs. 2 and 4.

The back is of ordinary construction and has attached to the ends a plate 6, which is providedwith a T- shaped slot 10, as shown in Figs: 6 and-8. The arms 2 are pivoted to the back attheir extreme upper ends above the center of the back, and there is a further connection between the arms 2 and the back consisting of a link 7, pivoted to the arm 2 at 8 and having a bolt 9 at the opposite end of the link fitting into the slot 10. The T- shape'dupperend of this slot provides lockingjme'ans' in connection with*the*bolt 9, so ;,that the back may be'locked in either position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

' Assuming the parts of the car-seat to be in the relative position representedin Fig. 2 and that the seat-back is to be shifted to the position represented in Fig.1, the operator graspsthe seat-back at its top, giving it a ;motion upward and toward the observers right, at the Tsame time releasing with the other hand the bolt'9 from its position in the depression at the left end'of' the upper portion of the T-slotlO, whereupon the,connectinglink 7 drops by-its weight, allowing the bolt 9 to travel downinto the lower leg of theslot 10. The movement then-proceedsuntil the seat back; arrives at the position represented in Fig.1, During this movement the following automate movements are effected :The toe 22 of the lever 2 pushes against the knee or boss 23 on the rocker-plate 3, causing the seat proper to slide in its bed slightly toward the observers right. Asthe lever 2 continues "its oscillation the opposite toe 24 engages with the knee or boss on the other rocker-plate, passes the same, and finally rests on the top of the last-mentioned knee or boss. 'When this has been accomplished, the inclination of the seat proper will have been changed so as to be tilted up toward what will, then be the front of the car-seat, the seat-frame, with its cushion, sliding on the rocker-bed to permit of this adjustment. As the operatorreleases the top of the seat-back from his grasp after the seat ba'ck has reached the position represented in Fig..-ilathejbolt 9 is guided by the hand into the depression at the right end of the upper portion of the T-slot 10. The weight reduced to a minimu m--namely, to the thick:

ness of the levers which support the backthus rendering unlikely the accidental catching of the clothing. The position of the back ICO and that of the seat when the latter is occupied is rigid, preventing the possibility of discomfort to the sitter in case one occupying the seat immediately in his rear should place his knees against the back in front of him and cause it to move upward or forward, as is possible in other car-seats, as also similar discomfort produced in the case of other carseats when one stands behind the seat-back of the sitter and leans against the seat, which is aggravated by sudden stoppage or starting of the car.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In combination, with a seat, arms 2 pivoted thereto, a back pivoted to the upper ends of said arms, links pivoted to said arms, end plates secured to said back having verticallyextending slots terminating in L-shaped extensions to one side of the center, and bolts carried by the links engaging said slotted end plates and capable of locking adjustment in the L-shaped extensions, substantially as described.

2. In combination a movable seat-frame, a movable back, arms 2 supporting the same, extensions or toes on the lower ends of the arms 2 for effecting the movement of the seatframe in the movement of the back from one position to another and oppositely-located bosses 23 connected with the seat-frame adapted to be alternately engaged by the toes on the ends of the arms 2 substantially as described.

3. In combination a seatframe, rockerplates 3 supporting the same, a movable back, pivoted arms 2 supporting said back, extensions or toes on the lower ends of the arms 2, and oppositely-located bosses 23 on the rockerplates adapted to be alternately engaged by said toes substantially as described.

4. In combination with a movable back, a movable seat-frame, arms 2 supporting the same having substantially T-shaped lower ends forming extensions or toes on opposite sides of said lower ends, and oppositely-located bosses 23 connected with the seat-frame adapted to be alternately engaged by the toes on the ends of arms 2 substantially as described.

JOHN E, SIEGEL.

Witnesses:

LINDSLEY SCHEPMOES, .LoUIs E. SALMON. 

